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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2017 | Picture Books
PreS-Gr 1—This clever and humorous book introduces the concept of cause and effect through spreads of "before" and "after" images. A set of objects appear on one page under the title "My Pictures," while the next page depicts the outcome of an event. For instance, one page features a cake, a castle, an octopus, a pig, a pear, and a ball; the following page, labeled "My Pictures After the Elephant," reveals the aftermath: t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2017
This subversive French import riffs on the standard before-and-after construct with a crafty conceit and playful presen-tation. The opening spread is simple enough. On the left sits a grouping of seaside items, titled "MY PICTURES," each labeled in loopy cursive. On the right "MY PICTURES after the storm" display the same items, now altered: the pail is a puddle, the slide is overturned (its label written u...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
